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Efficacy and safety of amisulpride for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients at high risk--a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Efficacy and safety of amisulpride for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients at high risk--a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2400086074
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2024-06-25
Start date
2024-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-07-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

postoperative nausea and vomiting

Interventions

Group amisulpride+dexamethasone:2ml amisulpride injection and 5mg dexamethasone were given after induction.
Group placebo+dexamethasone:2ml 0.9% sodium chloride injection and 5mg dexamethasone were given after induction.

Sponsors

Nanjing Jiangning Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) 18= age =75 years old, gender is not limited; (2) Body mass index (BMI) between 18.0 and 30.0kg / ? (including the critical value); (3) The subject is graded I-III according to the American College of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification criteria; (4) Hospitalized subjects who plan to undergo abdominal surgery (including gynecological surgery) under general anesthesia (propofol/cyclopofol anesthesia induction is allowed, propofol/cyclopofol anesthesia maintenance is prohibited) and are expected to maintain inhalation anesthesia for at least 1 hour; (5) The researchers used Apfel to simplify the risk score to determine the subjects at high risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); (6) The subject can understand the procedures and methods of the clinical trial, and after full informed consent, voluntarily participate in the informed consent signed by the subject or legal guardian; (7) Be able to read, understand and complete the self-assessment scale of nausea degree and the evaluation form related to efficacy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Subjects who are known to be scheduled to receive local anesthesia only, such as surface anesthesia, local infiltration anesthesia, regional block, nerve block, intraspinal anesthesia (intrathecal or epidural block); (2) Allergic to or have a history of special reactions to amisulpride injection or any excipient or any component of the drug used in this test; (3) Patients who have a history of or are currently suffering from any of the following clinically serious diseases that are determined by the investigator to affect the study: ? Respiratory diseases: subjects with severe respiratory diseases who need to be transferred to ICU for respiratory support after surgery; ?Central nervous system diseases: subjects with epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, or other central nervous system diseases that cause nausea and vomiting, such as craniocerebral injury, intracranial space occupation, intracranial aneurysm, etc.; ?Cardiovascular disease: Severe cardiac insufficiency (class III-IV according to the New York Heart Association [NYHA]), unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, refractory hypertension (poor control of hypertension treated with three or more antihypertensive drugs) in the 6 months prior to screening: Systolic blood pressure =160mmHg or diastolic blood pressure =100mmHg) and other heart disease deemed clinically significant by investigators; ?Digestive disorders: Subjects with intestinal obstruction or other digestive disorders that cause nausea and vomiting; ?Subjects with clinically significant arrhythmias: such as prolonged QTcF interval (male =450 ms, female =460 ms), severe bradycardia (heart rate =45 beats/min), severe degree II or III atrioventricular block (excluding subjects using pacemakers), atrial fibrillation, etc.; ? Subjects with congenital history of long QT syndrome or family history of QT syndrome; ?Have a clear diagnosis of vestibular disease (including but not limited to: external vestibular syndrome, central vestibular syndrome, etc.); ?Subjects with a history of significant, chronic dizziness; ? Subjects with prolactin-dependent tumors (such as pituitary prolactinoma or breast cancer), or pheochromocytoma. (4) The laboratory test results during the screening period meet the following criteria: ? Hemoglobin Hb=90g/L; ? Platelet count PLT=50109/L; ? Clinically significant hypokalemia: blood potassium value 1.5 times the upper limit of normal value; ? Kidney function: creatinine > 1.2 times the upper limit of normal; ? Prothrombin time (PT) > upper normal value +3s, or partially activated thrombin time (APTT) > upper normal value +10s. (5) Subjects with a history of substance abuse or substance abuse within the 6 months prior to randomization(including alcohol, opioids, sedative anti-anxiety drugs, antibiotics, cisapride, mosapride and other gastric motion-boosting agents); (6) Subjects who had received chemotherapy or had malignant tumors within 4 weeks prior to screening; (7) Participants who had received or were receiving the active ingredient of amsulpride injection within 2 weeks prior to randomization; (8) Subjects who were receiving levodopa or other targeted drugs (domperidone, levosulpiride, metoclopramide, chlorpromazine, clozapine) within 2 weeks prior to randomization; (9) Participants who had received drugs that induced tip torsion ventri

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Response (CR) rate after surgery (defined as no episodes of vomiting (vomiting or retching) within 24 hours immediately after surgery, and no remedial medication was used).;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of patients with nausea after surgery;Proportion of patients with significant nausea (score > 4) postoperatively;Proportion of patients with vomiting after surgery;Proportion of patients treated with rescue drugs after surgery;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYu Wanyou

Nanjing Jiangning Hospital

yuwanyou@aliyun.com+86 133 3770 7828

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026